Guest boonders Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 I just installed the new Nvidia drivers that are out, I first rebuilt the source for the kernel, but this caused some problem, and it wouldn't load X windows at all, actually wouldn't load the Nvidia module at all. But, instead I downloaded the prebuilt drivers for Mandrake 9.0 off nvidia's site. It takes approximately 8-10mins for X windows to load now. OpenGL games still run fine, but to start X windows (from the initial blank screen to the Nvidia pop-up screen) it takes 8-10 mins. I have no idea what the problem is, after "startx" I don't get any errors and it doesn't say anything different from the previous norm, it used to only take aboug 10secs to load it to that point before. I don't exactly now where to start, any help? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 I always compile both drivers from the sources. As you have already found, the nvidia kernel will not load. I had to go back to the 1-0.3123 drivers. Also, the glx symlink was broken and had to be installed manually. First time I have ever found their drivers to be --lacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boonders Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 I've used the pre-compiled RPMs in the past, and haven't had this loading problem. Like i said, OpenGL still works smooth, it seems something isn't configured right, or needs to be changed specifically for these drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcdragon Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 I built both the GLX and kernel .src.rpm packages and had no problems with it. How ever I'd have problems when I used on package i compiled and one precomiled from there website. I also had to uninstall both the pervious 3xxx packages (rpm -e NVIDIA_GLX rpm -e NVIDIA_kernel) to get it to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anton Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 I currently am using the pre built rpm's and they actually decreased the time it takes to get into X... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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